A quotation by Abraham bar Hiyya

Who wishes correctly to learn the ways to measure surfaces and to divide them, must necessarily thoroughly understand the general theorems of geometry and arithmetic, on which the teaching of measurement ... rests. If he has completely mastered these ideas, he ... can never deviate from the truth.Treatise on Mensuration

JOC/EFR December 2013

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